TRUMPF Group is hiring: Marketing Intern in Plymouth

How brave are you? We are a high-tech company providing machine tools and laser technology, and are looking for people who can face new challenges with a fresh mind. As an independent family company, we offer you the freedom and trust to put your brave ideas into practice. With you on board, we would like to power ahead with the digital networking of the manufacturing industry. Our passion and creative drive ensure that we are an innovative force - across the globe at over 80 TRUMPF locations.

TRUMPF is seeking candidates for an onsite internship in the Marketing Management Department at our Plymouth, MI location. This internship will provide a college-level student with practical and professional experience that will enhance and compliment their classroom learning. This internship will be January 2025 to August 2025 for at least 32 hours a week.

The Outbound Marketing Intern is responsible for outbound generation and qualification of leads to the TRUMPF sales teams. This responsibility includes, among others, improving quality & quantity of leads and provide feedback to lead manager and marketing on potential marketing efforts to support lead generation. The goal is to increase sales for TRUMPF. The marketing intern is engaged in the day-to-day marketing activities, like creating flyers, planning and executing internal events, assisting with advertisements, social media marketing, helping introduce marketing campaigns, etc. Additionally, the marketing intern will be assigned one or more special projects depending on the needs of TRUMPF and both the capabilities and desires of the intern.

Marketing Intern Responsibilities

• Utilize available tools, including digital marketing and TRUMPF's established social media channels, to develop outbound leads that are potential sales targets for TRUMPF.
• Qualify inbound sales requests
• Generate outbound leads: Research open leads (CRM Database/ customer classification, LinkedIn, Prospect Database and web crawler, Wired Minds.)
• Process and qualify open leads to be passed to the sales teams (can include "cold calling" for potential customers, including pre-qualification of e.g. trade-show leads
• Manage leads over their life cycle (Generate, prepare, qualify, route, track)
• Nurture open leads (e.g. use Marketing tools)
• Create transparency in all stages of lead handling process to be clearly visible in TRUMPF

Qualifications

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail is required. Strong inter-personal communication skills and ability to work as a team player.

Marketing Intern Education & Experience

• Enrolled in secondary or graduate level program with a concentration in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or related field
• Experience in sales or related business functions preferred
• Good analytical and methodical skills for data research and data handling
• Autonomously & output-driven working style
• Experience with marketing and CRM tools preferred

TRUMPF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status, or other protected class.

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